Can-opener.



A. MAROHAND.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 1911.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

M w m a nnrrn STATES PATENT orrroa.

ALEXIS MABCI-IAND, OF BRIDGEPORT, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TOEAR-L A. FREEMAN AND ONE-THIRD TO HOWARD R. BANKERD, BOTH OF BRIDGE-CAN-OPENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXIs MAROHAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Douglas and State ofVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCan-Openers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to can openers, and has for its object toprovide an opener of simple structure which is adapted to cut a sectionof the top of the can and leave the edges of the can rolled inwardly atuniform width.

In structure the opener is simple and the parts so arranged that the cancutting and opening operation may be effected at the expenditure of butslight effort.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective View of the can opener; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of parts of the same with parts in section; Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view of the same; Fig. & is a perspective view of amodified form of cutter; Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views of othermodified forms of cutters.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

The can opener consists of a bar 1 having at one end a handle 2. At itsother end the bar is provided with a slot 3, and a sleeve 1 surroundsthe slot and is provided with a point 5 the inner end portion of whichis received within the slot 3. The point 5 is Z-shaped in side elevationand its pointed extremity is disposed approximately parallel with thelong dimension of the bar 1. The sleeve 4 is formed from sheet metal theend portion of the strip of which is provided with recesses and tongues6 which interlock at one side of the bar 1, as illustrated in thedrawing, and serve as means for holding the end portions of the striptogether to form the said sleeve 4:. A frame Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 13, 1911.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

Serial No. 620,948.

7 is slidably mounted upon the bar 1 and carries a cutter 8. Immediatelybehind the cutter 8 the frame 7 is provided with a stop 9 which isspaced from the said cutter and which is adapted to move along the outersurface of the can when the can opener is in operation and the cutter 8is projected through. the top of the can.

In operation the point 5 is projected through the center of the top ofthe can and the cutter 8 is projected through the edge portion of thetop. The operator then uses the handle 2 as a lever whereby the bar 1 isswung about the point 5 as a pivot and the cutter 8 is carried aroundthe edge portion of the can. During this movement the stop 9 moves alongthe outer surface of the side of the can and as the cutter 8 makes theincision in the top the edge portion of the can is rolled down, and theincision is at uniform distance from the side of the can throughout.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A. can opener comprising a solid bar having at one end and at oneside a slot, a handle mounted at the other end of the bar, a pointhaving an end received within the slot, a sleeve mounted upon the barand holding the point in the slot, and a cutter slidably mounted uponthe bar between the handle and the sleeve and by which its slidingmovement on the bar is limited.

2. A can opener comprising a solid bar having at one end and in one sidea slot, a

handle mounted at the other end of the bar, a point having an endreceived within the slot, a sleeve consisting of a strip of metal havingat its ends recesses and tongues which interlock, said sleeve beingmounted upon the bar and holding the point in the slot, and a cutterslidably mounted upon the bar between the handle and the sleeve and bywhich its sliding movement on the bar is limited.

3. A can opener comprising a non-circular solid bar having at one endand in one side a slot, a handle mounted at the other end of the bar, apoint having an end relimit the sliding movement of the cutter ceivedWithin the slot, a sleeve mounted frame upon the bar. 10 upon the barand holding the point in the In testimony whereof, I affix my signaslot,a cutter frame having parallel side ture in presence of two Witnesses.

portions provided With registering openings ALEXIS MARCHAND. [L. s.]Which snugly and slidably receive the non- Witnesses:

circular bar, and a cutter carried by, the B. F. SIX,

frame, said'handle and sleeve adapted to J. W. BOUSKA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

